Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-04-28
ALcHEMlsr sEcsE1s.
The Occult Art Practiccd hy FnraceIsus
and Hundreds OF Lessee Lights.

Aho occuit ART fracticcd W 1nraceisu
and Hundreds OF Lessee Lights.
And now we are going % let on
readers into few of the secrets Ii
search of which men of ola 3pcat thei
lives and their fortunes. Here, first
is q prescription for the manufactur,
of artificial gold, taken FROM an old al
chemistical manuscript;
Take equal parts of powdered iron
sublimated sulphur and vrude anti
mony. Melt it in n crucibld. and keer
itin red heat for eight hours Powder
it and calcine it until the kdlphur is
evaporated. Mix two parts 81 this pow.
der with one part Of calcincd borax, and
melt it again. Powder and dissolve it In
common muriatic acid. and let It stand
in moderate heat for one month. The
fluid is then to be put into d i0tort and
distilled, and the fluid that coll Iects in
the recipient (the muriatic atiE is re-
turned into the retort and again dis
titled. and this is repeated tlneo times:
the third time red powdcrwill be left
in the retort, This powder is to be
dissolved in the "menstruutm philo-
sophicum," which is made by
pouring chloride of antimqpT into wa.
ter, filtering and evaporatiil4 the fluid
to certain extent to makd II stronger.
This solution is to be evaporated agar.
and the remaining powder mixed with
its own weight of corrosiyc sublimate
of mercury. This powderlis to be dis.
solved again in diluted mu,iatic acid,
and distilled until AIRED, oily substance
passes into tho receiver. IL you OBJ.
tain this oil, you may take Some newly
prepared chloride of silvel saturate it
gradually with the oil. and dry it. Put
one part of this powder into five parts
OF molten lead; separate tic lead again
from the silver by cupellation, and you
Will find that one-third qf the silver
has been transformed into gold.
1t would be cheaper aud easier. m
the long run, if one could find the pre-.
scription for the "Tinctufa Physica."
a red ethereal fluid which was capable
OF transmitting all inferior metals into
gold, and had other wonderful virtues
as well. Paracelsus had the secret Of
this fluid, he says, but h!sp not revealed
it. Possibly tho prescription is the
treasure which he saidihe had bur.
led at the hospital of Weiden, and
which is q 'iewel of such value that
neither Pope Leo nor the Emperor
Carolus could buy 1t with all his
wealth.
He has told us, however, how to
make the "Electrum Magicum," ont Of
which you may make a mirror in which
you may see the evontsiqi the past and
the present, absent frinds and cne-
mics, and so forth. FAKE Ten parts Of
pure gold. ten of silver, five of copper,
two of tin, two of lead, one Of powdered
iron, and five of mercury-all pure
metals. Wait until Saturn and Mer-
curry come into conjunction. having all
your appliances ready for the fortunate
moment. Then melt the lead, add the
and let it cool Wait for
conjunction Of Jupiter with Saturn and
Mercury, then melt your Compound in
D crucible, and in another crucible the
tin, and pour thetwo metals together
ut the moment of conjunction. Wait
Tor conjunction of the sun with either
of the planets, and then melt and add |
The gold. Similarly, at q conjunction
of the moon with the sun, or Saturn, !
IL Mercury, add tho silver in like man. |
ler; and at conjunction of Venus
With any of the Others, add the copper. |
The last conjunction is with Mars,
when the iron is to be added, the fluid
stirred with dry rod of witch-hazel, |
ct it cool-and there you are!
This is how to prepare tho elixir of
ife, which Paracclsus did not--with all
aspect to Sir Thomas Browne-hold
'apable of rendering the physical body
but only Of prolonging life:
Take half pound of pure carbonate
# potash and expose it in the air until
dissolved Filter the fluid and add as
many leaves OF the plant melissa as it
will hold. Let lit stand in well-closed
lass aud in moderately warm place
or twcnty-four hours. Remove the
caves and throw them away; on the
op of tho fluid pour absolute alco-
ol' to the height Of one or two inches,
nd let 1T remain until the alcohol be-
ONES intensely green. Take away
ie alcohol and preserve Il, and go on
epeating the operation until all the
oloring matter is absorbed by the al
ohol from the alkaline fluid. Now
lstil your alcoholic fluid and evapo-
ate 1t until it becomes q syrup, and
lat is your elixir of life, by which
man may reiuvenate his constitution
purifying it so that it may be able
receive without any interruption the
fe-giving influence Of tho Divine